The Lesser Evil (1998) [R]

Release Date:
October 1, 1998

Original Title:
The Lesser Evil

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Moondog Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 93

Four friends. A deadly secret. One choice.

Four best friends reunite in a remote cabin for the first time in two decades. They are not there to reminisce about the good old days, but rather, to sort out the deadly details of one fateful afternoon in their past, when they all skipped school - and their lives were altered forever. Now the haunting truth has caught up with them, along with the reality that they are probably heading for jail. But in the soul-searching angst of deciding right from wrong, the though of going down after all this time seems incomprehensible. And with the authorities hot on their trail, the old friends quickly realize that someone has to pay and their only option to remain free is to sacrifice the only thing they've held on to for years... each other!

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ADR Mixer:
Alan Freedman
Michael Ruschak
Yan Dalsanto

ADR Supervisor:
Tim Boggs

Additional Photography:
Gregory Peters

Art Direction:
Ricardo Mendoza
C. Daniel Hall

Assistant Editor:
Jeff McEvoy

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Richard DiPatri

Assistant Set Decoration:
Mitchell J. Glaser

Assistant Sound Editor:
Matthew Reidenbach
Michael Hertlein
Julie Gaeta

Boom Operator:
Tim Song Jones
Robert Benjamin Wienert

Camera Operator:
Steven D. Smith

Casting:
Junie Lowry-Johnson
Libby Goldstein

Co-Producer:
Jeremy Levine
Stephan Schultze

Costume Designer:
Laura Goldsmith

Costumer:
Erin Aldridge

Dialogue Editor:
Louis Creveling
Danielle Ghent
Jason George
David Grant

Director:
David Mackay

Director of Photography:
Stephan Schultze

Editor:
Bret Marnell

Executive Producer:
Yoram Pelman

Extras Casting Assistant:
Angela Pritchard

First Assistant "B" Camera:
Stephen Crocker

First Assistant Camera:
Neil Toussaint
Eric Hasse
Jennifer Ann Henry
Damian Kostivk
Damian Smith

First Assistant Director:
Harry Jarvis
Juan Mas

Foley Artist:
Catherine Harper
Christopher Moriana
James Moriana

Foley Editor:
David Mann
Thomas Volckmann

Foley Mixer:
Mary Erstad
Lucy Sustar

Key Hair Stylist:
Darcy Gilmore
Starr Jones

Key Makeup Artist:
Darcy Gilmore
Starr Jones

Makeup & Hair Assistant:
Lia Celi
Stephen M. Kelley

Music Editor:
Douglas M. Lackey

Original Music Composer:
Don Davis

Post Production Assistant:
Leigh R. Harrison

Producer:
Daniel Helberg
David Mackay

Production Coordinator:
John Dalve
Erin O'Malley
Leigh R. Harrison

Production Design:
Jeremy Levine

Production Manager:
Jacquelyn Frisco

Script Supervisor:
Nancy Kaimowitz

Second Assistant Camera:
Peter Vander Pluym
James Jermyn
Shannon Murphy
Richard Wright

Second Assistant Director:
Karen N. Horwitz
Mark Dukes

Second Second Assistant Director:
Brent Burditt
Michelle Williams

Second Unit Director:
Jeremy Levine

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Van Flesher
Bruce Dorfman
John Priebe

Set Decoration:
Gabriella Goor
David E. Hall

Set Dresser:
Carisa Rosenthal
Ron Buchanan

Sound Effects Editor:
Javier Bennassar
Roland N. Thai
Benjamin Cook

Sound Mixer:
Aletha Rodgers
Thomas Varga

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Patrick Giraudi
Joe Barnett
Kelly Vandever

Steadicam Operator:
Dennis J. Laine
Kenji Luster
Clay McCullough

Still Photographer:
Sam Urdank
Robin Cobb

Stunt Coordinator:
Brent Fletcher
John Copeman

Stunts:
Chris Bennet
Dale Frye
Dick Langdon
Dino Muccio
Keith Siglinger

Supervising Sound Editor:
Frank Gaeta

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Dalhia Schuette

Writer:
Jeremy Levine
Stephan Schultze

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